Harris Melissa - Josef Koudelka: Next A Visual Biography By Melissa Harris - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: The definitive and only authorized biography of Josef Koudelka an intimate portrait of the life and work of one of photography's most renowned and celebrated artists. Throughout his more than sixty - year - long obsession with the medium Josef Koudelka considers a remarkable range of photographic subjects from his early theater work to his seminal project on the Roma and his legendary coverage of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Prague to the solitariness of exile and the often - devastating impact humans have had on the landscape. Josef Koudelka: Next embraces all of Koudelka's projects and his evolution as an artist in the context of his life story and working process. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews conducted over the course of almost a decade with Koudelka as well as ongoing conversations with his friends family colleagues and collaborators worldwide this deftly told richly illustrated biography offers an unprecedented glimpse into the mind of this notoriously private photographer. Writer editor and curator Melissa Harris has independently crafted a unique in - depth and revelatory personal history of both the man and his photography. Josef Koudelka: Next is richly illustrated with hundreds of photographs including many biographical and behind - the - scenes images from Koudelka's life as well as iconic images from his work from the 1950s to the present. The visual presentation is conceived in collaboration with Koudelka himself as well as his longtime collaborator Czech designer Ale Najbrt. Copublished by Aperture and Magnum Foundation
Title: Josef Koudelka: Next A Visual Biography By Melissa Harris
Author(s): Harris Melissa
Publisher: Aperture
Barcode: 9781597114653
Pages: 352 Pages, 280 Black-And-White And Four-Color Images
Publication Date: 11/21/2023
Category: Biography: Arts & Entertainment